Name: Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?
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Author: Jared Diamond
ISBN: 9780063572041

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Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?

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Physical Book

Author

Jared Diamond

Publisher

William Morrow Large Print

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780063572041

Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?

Jared Diamond (Author) · William Morrow Large Print · Paperback

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Synopsis "Prophets, Coaches, and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Matter?"

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, multimillion-copy bestselling classic Guns, Germs and Steel, a landmark study of leadership across politics, religion, business, and sports--seeking to decode how and why leaders matter.Can one person change the world?In his acclaimed and influential books Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in Prophets, Coaches and Kings, he studies leaders throughout time to answer the question: do the actions of individuals truly influence history? Or is humanity subject to larger historical, technological, cultural, geographical forces, far beyond the influence of individuals, no matter how powerful they may seem?On 13 March 1930, a truck sped into an intersection, headed straight for another car's right front door. The passenger of this chauffeur-driven car happened to be Adolf Hitler. If the truck had hit the door, Hitler would have been crushed and killed. But the chauffeur managed to accelerate, and Hitler survived. Would tens of millions of people have died in the Holocaust and World War Two if the chauffeur had been slower to react? Some believe Hitler was unique in his evil abilities, while others think the war was guaranteed by the harsh conditions imposed on Germany post-war.Do leaders like Hitler, Margaret Thatcher, Genghis Khan, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Belichick, or Christ really change our world? If yes, what qualities and circumstances are required of a leader to make their mark?Drawing on his deep study of the life and career of a diverse cast of leaders famous and obscure- from Botswana president Seretse Khama, to environmentalist Rachel Carson, to legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden-Diamond reveals how leadership effectiveness is determined by a range of complex interrelated factors. Understanding these successes and failures and the opportunities leaders did (or did not) seize illuminates the influence of today's leaders and helps us to reflect on the value of our votes, our faith, our passions, and the people who happen to steer our ship.With the same remarkable scope of Diamond's classic bestsellers, Prophets, Coaches and Kings takes readers on a rich journey through the lives of humanity's most well-known characters to reveal how time, place, and person can come together to change the course of history.

Jared Diamond

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Jared M. Diamond (Boston, 1937) es geógrafo, fisiólogo, biólogo evolutivo y divulgador científico estadounidense, conocido por estudiar cómo el ambiente, la geografía y las decisiones humanas han condicionado el destino de las sociedades. En Colapso. Por qué unas sociedades perduran y otras desaparecen (2005), examina casos tan diversos como la Isla de Pascua, los mayas, los anasazi y los asentamientos vikingos de Groenlandia para identificar factores que pueden conducir al declive de una civilización: deterioro ambiental, cambios climáticos, conflictos, pérdida de socios comerciales y respuestas políticas inadecuadas. Su enfoque combina historia, ecología y antropología para convertir el pasado en una advertencia sobre problemas contemporáneos.

Diamond alcanzó reconocimiento internacional con Armas, gérmenes y acero, obra que recibió el Premio Pulitzer de No Ficción en 1998 y que consolidó su particular manera de explicar grandes procesos históricos mediante factores geográficos y ecológicos. También es autor de El tercer chimpancé, El mundo hasta ayer y Crisis, entre otros títulos. Su trayectoria académica en la UCLA y sus investigaciones sobre ecología, evolución y sociedades humanas lo han convertido en una figura influyente de la divulgación científica, aunque algunas de sus interpretaciones históricas han generado debate entre especialistas.

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